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Dance: Urban Practice (with Foundation Year)

Entry requirements


A level

C,C

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MM

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MPP

UCAS Tariff

64

For entry to this course you will be assessed by interview/audition

About this course


Course option

4years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Contemporary dance

The Level 3 Foundation year in Performing Arts is designed to equip students with a range of performance and academic skills. It will prepare you for university level study. Once you complete the foundation year, you will be able to progress onto the BA (Hons) Dance: Urban Practice.

The BA (Hons) Dance: Urban Practice, is a forward-thinking course that continues to increase in popularity nationally and internationally since it started in 2007. This vibrant and distinctive course offers students the chance to study with a dynamic and specialist skilled dance team in a great location that is the cultural hub of East London. This course is also offered with a foundation year, as a four year course.

We cover hip-hop, club, social and popular dance styles, with contemporary techniques from across Europe, Africa and Asia. Whether it is popping or locking, contemporary or capoeira, afro-house or bharata natyam, our course continues to be the first of its kind to offer a degree in dance without borders or limitations.

You will have great opportunities to perform your work in our annual student led festival, studio sharings and external events. The dance team will support and guide you to develop your skills as a researcher, choreographer, performer and in events management whilst giving you networking opportunities from our varied and exciting industry links.

We help create dance all-rounders preparing you for a portfolio career in the arts. So you will theorise, create and collaborate in dance managing yourself and others. You will discover and practise many various types of dance.

Modules

Foundation Year: Group Work 1 (Core), Dance Skills 1 (Core), Public Outcome (Core), Dance Skills 2 (Core), Group Work 2 (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life: Enterprise and Engagement 1 (Core)

Year 1: Dance Technique: Healthier Dancer 1 (Core), Collaboration 1 (Core), Public Project 1 (Core), Dance Technique: Healthier Dancer 2 (Core), Collaboration 2 (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life: Enterprise and Engagement 1 (Core)

Year 2: Dance Technique and Hybrid Forms 1 (Core), Multidisciplinary Collaboration 1 (Core), Public Project 2 (Core), Dance Technique and Hybrid Forms 2 (Core), Multidisciplinary Collaboration 2 (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life Enterprise and Engagement 2 (Core)

Year 3: Dance Technique and Community Dance Techniques 1 (Core), Final Project: Research and Development (Core), Public Project 3 (Core), Dance Technique and Community Dance Techniques 2 (Core), Final Project: Implementation and Impact (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life : Enterprise and Engagement 3 (Core)

For more information about individual modules, please visit our course pages via the link below.

Assessment methods

We'll assess you course through practical performances, rehearsals and dance technical developments.

We assess theoretical work through essays, workbooks and journals that reflect on progress and performance.

Second and third-year modules contribute to the final degree award classification.

In your final year, you'll undertake a compulsory written dissertation and a placement with a dance organisation or company.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£14,820
per year
International
£14,820
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Docklands Campus

Department:

School of Arts and Creative Industries (ACI)

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

94%
Contemporary dance

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Dance

Teaching and learning

94%
Staff make the subject interesting
97%
Staff are good at explaining things
91%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
91%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

71%
Library resources
85%
IT resources
94%
Course specific equipment and facilities
85%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

85%
UK students
15%
International students
30%
Male students
70%
Female students
78%
2:1 or above
0%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
A
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After graduation


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Dance

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£18,000
med
Average annual salary
97%
med
Employed or in further education
40%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

54%
Artistic, literary and media occupations
9%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
9%
Other elementary services occupations

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Dance

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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